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Culture shock Flashcards

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What is culture shock?

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The process of adjusting from living in a familiar, predictable environment to living in a country where everything is new.

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What are the stages of culture shock?

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  1. Pre departure
  2. Vacation or honeymoon
  3. Angry (culture shock)
  4. Adjustment
  5. Isolation (2nd culture shock)
  6. Integration
  7. Reversed entry/culture shock
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What are the characteristics of the pre-departure stage?

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  • Culture shock sets in before you even leave your country with stress and uncertainty.
  • This is a very stressful experience especially for people from an individual, dominating-over-nature culture.
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What are the characteristics of the vacation/honeymoon stage?

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  • You are excited, positive and full of energy.
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What are the characteristics of the angry stage (culture shock)?

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  • Disappointment, disillusion
  • You feel like an outsider
  • You feel like you have failed in some way, you are angry and insecure
  • Culture shock is good because it shows that you are in the process of learning a new culture.
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How do you overcome culture shock?

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  • Do things that make you happy.
  • If you feel like complaining only complain to non-local friends, because locals may feel attacked and hurt.
  • When you are ready start practicing frame of reference shifting.
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What are the characteristics of the adjustment stage?

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  • You are open to the new culture and have started learning more abut it.
  • You no longer interpret what you see through the basic assumptions of your culture, but of the new culture.
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What are the three adaptation strategies?

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  1. Encapsulators
  2. Adopters
  3. Cosmopolitans
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What are the characteristics of encapsulators?

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  • Survive in their cultural bubble or ghetto.
  • They isolate themselves or only mingle with fellow foreigners.
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What are the characteristics of adopters?

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They fully integrate and assimilate into the culture of the host country, often giving up their original cultural identity.

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What are the characteristics of cosmopolitans?

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They experience intercultural growth by adapting to the host culture while also maintaining their own culture.

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What are the characteristics of the integration stage?

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You feel at ease.

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What is reversed entry culture shock?

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  • The process of fitting back in your own familiar environment after living abroad.
  • Follows a similar pattern as culture shock. It is often shorter, but more intense.
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What are the three types of returnees?

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  1. Alienated returnees
  2. Re-socialized returnees
  3. The proactive returnees
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What are the characteristics of alienated returnees?

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They are unable to put their newly developed skills to use and often look for a new job.

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What are the characteristics of resocialized returnees?

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Their strategy is to slip back into their old role as expected. By doing this the loose their newly developed skills.

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What are the characteristics of proactive returnees?

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They are able to put their new skills and international experience to use while also performing with sensitivity to the culture at the headquarters.

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What is acculturation?

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The process of learning and incorporating the language, customs, values and beliefs of the new country.

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Young Yun Kim’s theory of Cross-Cultural Adaptation

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  • The adaptation process is seen as a spiral, where every new experience adds to personal growth.
  • Whenever you face a situation or transition to a new environment where your established cultural patterns don’t work, you will likely experience some level of stress and confusion.
  • These feelings can initially provoke defensive responses, where you may try to keep your existing habits and reject the new culture.
  • With time and some effort, you begin to accommodate to the new environment, leading to adaptation and growth.
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What are the culture shock emotional reflexes?

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  1. Attack
  2. Defend
  3. Denial
  4. Isolate
  5. Adjust
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What is the attack reflex?

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You verbally attack the other person.

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What is the defense reflex?

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You resist what other people do or say

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What is the denial reflex?

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You deny that something is wrong

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What is the isolate reflex?

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You isolate yourself from the others

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What is the adjust reflex?

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You adapt yourself to the other. Doesn’t work out in the long term

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How can you deal with the culture shock emotional reflexes?

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  • Open attitude
  • Check your assumptions
  • Knowledge of culture
  • Break routines
  • Recognize emotions

Intercultural proficiency Y2 (6 decks)

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